From Sousa’s marches to “Strange Fruit”, music and civic life have have often been inextricably connected. Join the noted scholar, composer, and player George Lewis as leads a spirited discussion with Farah Jasmine Griffin, Professor, Columbia University; Ellie Hisama, Professor of Music, Columbia University; Ana Maria Ochoa, Director of Graduate Studies in Music, NYU; Ned Sublette, Musician, co-founder of Qbadisc.